Corn Imports Surpass 1936 Totals Through August 1937
Corn imports in the first eight months of 1937 reached 9 124 000 bushels with 3 000 000 from South Africa and 500 000 from Danube regions. The drought of 1936 boosted arrivals, while 1935 and 1936 totals stood at 43 232 000 and 31 471 000 bushels respectively. Monthly receipts show steady demand from January to August including a peak in July at 15 735 000 bushels.
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Chcago Board of Trade
Cedar Rap
South Africa
Jact Vweeek
Chester Whites Bring High Averages at Jurgensen Auction
Forty seven Chester White boars and gifts sold near Olin last week averaging $37.50 per head. Thirty five boars averaged $38.80 with top bids to J E Goodenow of Maquoketa at 70. Twelve gifts averaged $33.75 with a top of 59 paid by George Straub of Tipton. Auctioneers were Jurgensen Story and Rebee. Citizens Savings bank of Anamosa clerked.
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Olin
Chester
C. Jurgensen
J E. Goodenow
Maquoketa
Harry Griep
Princeton
George Straub
Tipton
Jurgensen
Story and
Rebee
Cedar county husking meet postponed to Thursday
Rain delays move the Cedar county corn husking meet to Thursday morning at 10.00 on the Amos Suchomel farm one mile west of Cedar Bluff. Nine entrants include Warren Clancy Clarence Earl Domer Tipton Herbert Hinkhouse Stanwood Anders Mather Jr Edward McCullough Ed Meyers and others.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Amos Suchomel
Cedar Bluff
Warren Clancy
Clarence
Earl Domer Tiptor
Herbert Hinkhouse
West Liberty
Maurice Johnston Tipton
Erwin Lehrman
Stanwood
Harold Maher
West Branch
Anders Mather, Jr
Edward McCullough
Lisbon
Ed Meyers
Forty-One Short Courses Set At Ames This Year
The Gazette reports Ames Iowa State College will host forty one short courses, the largest number ever scheduled, over the next twelve months. R M Vifquain chairs the committee and notes nearly 12 000 attended last year. Courses cover fuel conference refrigeration storage, sewage treatment, rural electrification, 4 H camps, garden club, and various farm and home subjects with sessions through spring and after January.
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Gazette Ames
Iowa State College
R. M Vifquain
Vifquain
Soha
Midwest Gas School
Rural Electric Inspectors
Fayette County sees hybrid corn boost and high yields
In Fayette County heavy snowfall followed by rain delayed cribbing but crop reports show hybrid corn stands improving. Farmers like E C Grimes J S Crowe report high yields and expect future use of hybrid corn, with some fields reaching near or over 100 bushels per acre.
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Garette West Union
Fayette County
E Smith
Maynard
Sid Wusnes
Crowe
Iowa Farm Wages Average $34.25 A Month With Board
Iowa farm wage rates averaged 34.25 dollars per month with board on Oct 1, report shows. The United States Department of Agriculture notes Iowa labor supply at 99 percent of normal and demand at 94 percent, with farm help without board earning 42.7 dollars a month.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Towa
United States Department of Agriculture
West North Central States
Department
Sorghum Mill Yield Report From Brandon Area
The Brandon sorghum mill run by Ed McKinley and Sons reported 950 gallons of sorghum, quality excellent but production below normal. Typical output runs 1400 to 1500 gallons. In Marengo Iowa county, land has suffered drought with only one inch rain over the weekend and seven eighths inch Monday night.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Poultry Clinic Scheduled At Decorah October 28
Decorah prepares for a poultry clinic on October 28 led by Dr C Brien who reports about 35 percent of examined birds tubercular. The event emphasizes thorough cleansing of coops with Dr K W Tender and Dr B L Caudell present to assist Dr O Brien.
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Decorah
Onzette Decorah
C . Brien
K W. Tender
Extension Service
Ames
B L Caudell
Al's Vista
O'Brien
18000 Cases Tomatoes Packed At La Porte City
18000 cases of tomatoes packed at La Porte City mark the end of the season. plants and facilities handled a steady throughput with strong quality indicators and market expectations for the product.
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la Porte City
Hpec
Farm Production 15 Highest Since 1920
Special to The Gazette Washington This year's crop production the largest since 1928 is only 6 per cent below the 1920 peak. Purves of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics finds production per capita 5 to 10 per cent above the long term downtrend, with an index at 110 per cent of the 1910 14 prewar average.
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the Gazette
Washington
C. M Purves
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Seed crop boom for sorgo surpasses 1936 in quality notes
Washington reports sorgo seed production this year will be much larger than 1936, with drought and grasshopper damage minimal. Sixty five growers expect over threefold output, average yield about fifteen bushels per acre, and acreage up over twice 1936. Eastern Kansas, western Texas, and eastern New Mexico show the largest gains, with seed quality near fair to good and prices fluctuating around 75 cents to 1.25 per 100 pounds.
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Gazette
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Kansas
Texas
New Mexico
Maximum Sum To Be Spent For AAA Compliance Awards
The AAA raises the average farmer federal benefit by 10 to 15 dollars to cover unusual local administrative costs deducted from government checks. The increase applies to payments under the 1937 agricultural conservation program and reaches the maximum previously outlined. A. Tolley notes aerial mapping and 1938 program planning drive the expenses, with deductions not applied in insular regions.
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Washington
AAA
H. R. Tolley
Agriculture Adjustment
Continental
United States
Insular
Iowa City Feeders Set Record Margin on Light Yearlings
J. J. Murphy and Son of Iowa City reported a high price for yearling steer cattle in Chicago. Their 35 head averaging 1,058 pounds sold at 19.25 a head, the highest October tally for light weight Angus steers. Feeder cost was 6.60, delivering a gross margin of 12.65, among the widest on record.
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Iowa City
J. J. Murphy and Son
Chicago
Allamakee C T A Reports Strong Butterfat Averages
The Allamakee Cow Test association No 1 in Waukon Septembers results show 507 cows including 78 dry averaged 474 pounds of milk and 16.1 pounds of butterfat per cow. The best herd of 16 grade Guernseys owned by John Sivesind averaged 603 pounds of milk and 26.6 butterfat. Top individual was a grade Holstein in the William Christofferson herd with 1500 pounds of milk and 60 butterfat.
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Waukon
Allamakee
Howard Gordon
John Sivesind
William Christofferson
Building boom reported in South Bethel area this fall
Considerable construction and renovations were completed in South Bethel this fall. A new house was built on the Earl Eisselstein farm, a new barn on the George Drager farm, and new houses on the Allan Rumble and Allan Rumble Jr. farms. A large double corncrib rose on the Orren Kiser land. All buildings were repainted on the Dick Laucamp and Henry Martin farms, with several barns receiving new foundations. T M Smith removed the barn on his farm. Numerous others are fixing fences.
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South Bethel
Earl Eisselstein
George Drager
Allan Rumble
Allan Rumble, Jr
Orren Kiser
Dick Laucamp
Henry Martin
T M Smith
Moisture Testing School Planned in Cedar Rapids
The agriculture department announced a moisture testing school in Cedar Rapids on October 25-26 to prepare for a potential federal corn loan program. North Central region officials and Agricultural Adjustment Administration representatives will learn about electric moisture testers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Cedar Rapids
North Central Region
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Grain Standards Division
Claude Wickard
Wallace
Wickard
Cecil Johnson
William McArthur
Students to learn grain machine operation at school
Local grain inspectors said Tuesday about 25 to 30 students will attend a program at the school to learn to operate grain processing machines and how to pick dam.
Farm auction listings for October and November
A sequence of upcoming auctions listed by date and location. Notable items include a Dumond Estate 165 acre farm near Toddville, Bert Miller Duroc Jersey sale in Lisbon, and several cattle consignments and estate sales across West Union, Independence, Cedar Rapids, Williamsburg, and Springville.
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Toddville
Bert Miller Duroc
Jersey
Lisbon
Holstein and Guernsey
West Union
K. Lassen
Mariow
Iowa Livestock Exchange
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Office Supervisors Named in Grain Age Report
Howard Kurz serves as Cedar Rapids office superintendent aided by Dan Seeger Neely Hill and John F. Davis in the grain age project duties.
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Howard Kurz
Cedar Rapids
Dan Seeger
Neely Hill
John F. Davis
Maquoreta Swanton Bros Top Chicago Steer Sale
Swanton Brothers sold twenty head of prime steers on Monday in Chicago at an October high average weight 1,441 pounds and price $19.90 per hundredweight. The sale matched the previous season peak set in September.
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Gazette
Maquoreta
Swanton Brothers
Chicago
U S Alfalfa Hay Crop Estimated At 27 364 000 Tons
Washington report from the federal bureau of agricultural economics shows an Oct 1 1937 alfalfa hay yield of 1.93 tons per acre nationwide, totaling 27 364 000 tons. Iowa contributes 1 870 000 tons with other totals and comparisons to 1936 1935 and the ten year average. Combined tame and wild hay production reaches 84 519 000 tons, up from 70 224 000 a year earlier.
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Washington
United States
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Iowa
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